Improvement in cans for shipping oil



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Improvement in Cans for Shipping Oil, &.c. No. 132,858, Patented Nov.5,,1872.

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Improvement in Cans for Shipping Oil, &c.

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HENRY G. PORTER, OF DAYTON, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND FAGALEY AND HENDRICKS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT lN CANS FOR SHIPPING OIL, &c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 132,858, dated November 5, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY G. PORTER, of Dayton, Montgomery county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Shipping-Can, of which the following is a specification:

Nature and Objects of the Intention.

This is an improvement on wood-incased tin cans; and consists in the provision of such a can of a combined dripspout and cork-hold er attachment to the protruding neck or nozzle of such a can.

General Description.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shippin gcan embodying my improvement, tlie hinged spout being shown in its folded condition. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the case and the upper portion of the can, the hinged spout being shown open. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section of a portion of the same, the hinged spout being shown closed. Fig. 4 is a transverse elevation of the part shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the upper part of the case, the spout being closed. Fig. 6 is a similar view with the spout opened.

A represents a tin can of cylindrical form with flat heads. B and B represent, respectively, the nozzle and the air-tube projecting from the can-top A, near one side thereof. C represents body; D D, hoops; G, head; F, nails; and H, the lifting-bail of the casin g. The chime and upper hoop D, opposite the nozzle B, are notched, I, and protected by a metallic strip or shield, J. Soldered to and projecting outward from nozzle B is the stationary member K of my drip-spout. Hinged at L to K, and capable of being folded horizontally over spout K, as in Figs. 1, 3, 4, and 5, or under said spout, as in Figs. 2 and 6, is my convertible drip-spout and cork-holder M. Said drip-spout M has the form of a fiat-bottomed shallow trough, whose edges, curving outward at m m, engage, in the folded condition of the said spout, under ears n n of a catch, N, which is secured to the head G. The

Operation.

lVhen it is desired to fill the can, the sides of the spout M are slightly compressed, so as to liberate the flanges in in from the catches n n, and the spout is unfolded, the nozzles B and B being then opened by withdrawing their corks, the can may be filled in the usual way. For discharging, the can is tipped sufficiently to allow the contents to escape through the nozzle B, whence they flow successively into the two chambers K and M of my dripspout, and are discharged from the edge of the latter entirely clear of the casing. l/Vhen it is desired to close the can, the corks are reinserted and secured against drip and acciden tal removal by the closure of the member M.

Claims.

set my hand.

HENRY G. PORTER. Witnesses:

GEO. W. KNIGHT, JAMES H. LAYMAN. 

